Celebrating Juneteenth
This Saturday, we celebrate and honor the power and jubilation of Juneteenth alongside so many others. As part of our celebration, we encourage people to seek out and uplift Black artists and creators, commit to supporting Black arts and culture, and continue to practice anti-racist funding. We invite you to revisit GIA’s Black Arts & Cultural Funding and Justice Resource Hub to inspire additional entryways and conversations onfunding Black arts.
Be on the Lookout for our Upcoming Coronavirus Webinar
Don’t miss our upcoming coronavirus webinar that will look back over the last year of changes in arts funding. To revisit coronavirus content over the last year and to see how folks continue to address the situation, click here.
A Conversation Centering Women of Color Taking on the Solidarity Economy
“What would a cultural economy be like if we loved Black and Indigenous people?” This is the compelling question that drives the recent report, Solidarity Not Charity: Arts and Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy co-authored by WOCA member Natalia Linares of New Economy Coalition, and commissioned by Grantmakers in the Arts, represented by WOCA member Nadia Elokdah.
In an intimate conversation with two women of color, the panel will discuss some of these innovative models of self-determination and community wealth and take an inside look at this illuminating treatise that affirms the critical need for amplifying the work of communities of color. To register for this event on June 30, click here. This conversation is open to WOCA members. All other supporters, allies, and accomplices are welcome to join the live broadcast via Facebook.
In an intimate conversation with two women of color, the panel will discuss some of these innovative models of self-determination and community wealth and take an inside look at this illuminating treatise that affirms the critical need for amplifying the work of communities of color. To register for this event on June 30, click here. This conversation is open to WOCA members. All other supporters, allies, and accomplices are welcome to join the live broadcast via Facebook.
From the GIA Reader
In “We Need to Open Better Pathways to Homeownership for Gig Economy Artists and Freelancers,” part of the Fall 2020/Winter 2021 issue of the GIA Reader (Vol. 31, No. 3), Ngoc-Tran Vu reflects on how “we must open more doors to those who work in the growing gig economy instead of closing them if we, as a country, claim to be truly the land of opportunity.” Read here.
E. San San Wong, Barr Foundation program director and GIA Board of Directors alumni, wrote recently a piece on why centering racial equity is necessary for achieving Barr’s Arts & Creativity program goals…
United States Artists announced Lulani Arquette, GIA Board of Directors alumni, and Roberto Bedoya, current GIA Board Member, as recipients of the 2021 Berresford Prize, “an annual award that honors cultural practitioners who have contributed significantly to the advancement, wellbeing, and care of artists in society”…
The New York Life Foundation in partnership with the Afterschool Alliance announced $1.5 million in new grants to 36 youth development organizations to support disadvantaged middle school youth during the out-of-school time hours…
